Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy says improving the living conditions of citizens, particularly in urban areas, remains a priority of the administration. He notes that over 50 per cent of Jamaica’s population live in urban centres, which are affected by infrastructural and other development challenges. This, he says poses a major concern that needs serious intervention....

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon Omar Davies, says the Government is serious about implementing the Portland Bight Economic Zone and Transshipment Port. “The Administration does not pretend that it is ambivalent about the project.  We want to implement it. Both sides are seriously engaged in carrying out the necessary preliminary work for implementation,” Dr. Davies said....

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, is assuring persons who have made deposits for housing solutions in the Bernard Lodge scheme, that their money is safe and that the project will go ahead. The Minister explained that the proposed Bernard Lodge Housing scheme was designed as a public/private sector partnership agreement where the Housing Agency...

The Government has allocated US$50 million to the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) component of the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP). “It is often the case that you have these major investments in roadways, and people in the communities do not feel a sense of being involved or that they are benefitting from these works,” said Minister of Transport, Works...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon Omar Davies, says the country’s global Logistics Hub Initiative, specifically the proposed establishment of the Portland Bight Economic Zone, could open up immense opportunities for local entrepreneurs. While not pointing to areas that persons should focus on, he suggested that each entrepreneur “must reflect on what service, what value added he...

It has become the norm for speakers in the Sectoral Debate to take a few minutes to speak of their constituencies.  I will be no different, but I will focus my total attention on the initiatives which we have taken in the constituency over the 20 years that I have had the honour to represent the communities therein. I take...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will invest US$2 million to establish a world-class centre to provide qualified persons with training in the field of industrial automation and mechatronics. The centre, which will be financed by a grant from the PetroCaribe Fund, will be implemented in partnership with German company, FESTO Didactic, a world leader in industrial automation technologies training. The...